You vilify me For my competency For stepping up Taking charge While you slack off Despite people’s lives being on the line Your quiet passive evil Is invisible To the outside observer And you seem like the victim Which engenders A chorus of accusation Against me As I sacrifice Whatever is necessary To do the [...]
Are you willing To embark on the odyssey Filled with uncertainty At the outset With no guarantee Of the outcome Are you willing to risk everything You know And leave behind everyone You love To scale the rocky path of Truth Even risking your sanity Along the way Feeling utterly lost As you lose sight [...]
I love fiercely I laugh loudly You call it noise Disruption But your silence Is cold Poison Withholding Protecting feeding hardening your anger Which has turned into violent hatred Through your refusal to act To do what is possible To do what is right Brandishing about the word “can’t” When really it’s “won’t” ©2018 by [...]
I gotta write again I gotta fight again Stand up amidst These crumbled ruins Set things straight again Hand the pen to my soul Disclose events in full I gotta tell it like it is And take my space again No more hiding out Succumbed to fear and doubt I gotta open up my heart [...]
Girl Got angry Is angry Celebrates life Wants to go running Through the streets Yelling Doesn't go Afraid you'll think It's a woman needing help But you never call the police anyhow Even when she's being raped Girl stays inside Waiting for the day of salvation Knows it's only in her But still I don't [...]
I get off the ferry Turn right on 1st Ave Because it’s the easiest way To get to the south side Without taking the freeway I turn my head As I pass the stadium Know what’s coming Larger than life size Images of degraded women Flashing with bright lights And when the game gets out [...]
I dance Amidst the ashes On top of the grave Of what was Of what I hoped For me For you At peace with my conscience my soul Knowing I have done Everything in my power Releasing all the rest Surrendering to what Is And what is possible For me If not for you Risk [...]
The black tar That rose up And threatened to destroy me Rises up again And threatens to destroy me Again Pure evil That you naively embrace As I busy myself Caring for your wellbeing Giving my everything While you celebrate them And malign me ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this [...]
Reconstructing A new vision That does not require your participation yet offers A loving healthy positive channel Of relationship Where I can honor you Celebrate and dance with you In this beautiful radiant Light Of essential goodness ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
You offer me An olive branch Laced with poison Then cry out That I have rejected your offer Consummate victim Perpetually creating situations Of passive domination Condemning me While I am busy Saving my life your mother’s life As you fire cannons From behind the protective shield of Conventional armor Defending your criminal levels of [...]
